Z-WEHD-FMK
Treatment of infected cells with pan-caspase inhibitor IV and Z-WEHD-FMK, an inhibitor of inflammatory caspases, elicited a near-complete blockage of C. trachomatis-induced cleavage of golgin-84. Golgin-84 cleavage was blocked via treatment of infected cells with Z-WEHD-FMK, resulting in a lack of Golgi fragmentation and a 2-log reduction in numbers of infectious bacteria.
We treated infected cells with Z-WEHD-FMK, effectively preventing Golgi fragmentation, or with DMSO as a control and then labelled cells with fluorescent ceramide. Confocal images revealed that ceramide was rapidly incorporated into the inclusion membrane within DMSO-treated cells and accumulated inside the inclusion in bacterial membranes. In contrast, Z-WEHD-FMK-treated cells were only slightly fluorescent as the majority of lipid accumulated in a Golgi-like structure outside the inclusion1.
General caspase inhibitor (Z-Asp-CHz-DCB) and capase-5 inhibitor (Z-WEHD-FMK) could not induce rRNA fragmentation treated with ECyd. Caspase-5 (ICErei Ill/TY), member of ICE protease, activated pathway may be concerned with ECyd induced rRNA fragmentation2.
References:
1. D. Heuer, A.R. Lipinski et al. Chlamydia causes fragmentation of the Golgi compartment to ensure reproduction. NATURE, 457, 2009
2. Kamada, S., Funahashi, Y. and Tsujimoto, Y.(1997) Cell Death Diff. 4, 473-478.
| Storage | Store at -20°C |
| M.Wt | 763.77 |
| Cas No. | 210345-00-9 |
| Formula | C37H42FN7O10 |
| Synonyms | Z-Trp-Glu(OMe)-His-Asp(OMe)-FMK |
| Chemical Name | methyl (4S)-5-[[(2S)-1-[[(3S)-5-fluoro-1-methoxy-1,4-dioxopentan-3-yl]amino]-3-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)-1-oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-4-[[(2S)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-2-(phenylmethoxycarbonylamino)propanoyl]amino]-5-oxopentanoate |
| SDF | Download SDF |
| Canonical SMILES | COC(=O)CCC(C(=O)NC(CC1=CN=CN1)C(=O)NC(CC(=O)OC)C(=O)CF)NC(=O)C(CC2=CNC3=CC=CC=C32)NC(=O)OCC4=CC=CC=C4 |
| Shipping Condition | Evaluation sample solution : ship with blue ice.All other available size: ship with RT , or blue ice upon request |
| General tips | For obtaining a higher solubility , please warm the tube at 37 ℃ and shake it in the ultrasonic bath for a while.Stock solution can be stored below -20℃ for several months. |
| A synthetic peptide that irreversibly inhibits caspase-5 and related caspase activity. | ||||||
| Targets | caspase-5 | |||||
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